Adoration of the Shepherds / Nicolaus van Aelst / After Annibale Caracci

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Accession Number
2012/2.185
Title
Adoration of the Shepherds
Artist Nationality
Flemish
Artist Life Dates
1526-1613
Object Creation Date
circa 1604-1606
Dimensions
29.21 cm x 35.56 cm (11 1/2 in. x 14 in.)
Physical Description
This black and white print depicts a scene with groups of figures separated compositionally by a large wooden post that is placed in the foreground of the composition, just left of center. Four male figures on the left look toward the scene on the right where a woman kneels in prayer before a child accompanied by two angels and a haloed man feeding hay to a donkey.
Subject Matter
Adoration of the Shepherds: Virgin and Child in foreground at center right of composition with angels, Joseph and a donkey; shepherds are arranged on the left.
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Image Size
3043 x 2420
File Size
985 KB
Record
2012/2.185
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.185/2012_2_185.jpg

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"Adoration of the Shepherds; Nicolaus van Aelst; After Annibale Caracci." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.185/2012_2_185.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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